If you think that finding a life partner is a difficult task, then this age-old British tradition has the answer to your question. This is the tradition of making a dumb cake. Perhaps you too must have heard its name for the first time because there is not much information about it. When we are talking about finding a partner here, you must be wondering what is this dumb cake. Let us tell you about this dumb cake.
What is Dumb Cake?
The story of Dumb Cake is very interesting. The tradition of making dumb cakes is associated with many dates such as Halloween, Christmas Eve, St. Agnes's Eve (20 January), St. Mark's Eve (24 April) and Midsummer's Eve. It was believed that making cakes in these days helped unmarried women find their desired partner by decoding the first letter of their name.
History of Dumb Cake
You will be surprised to know that this was the main event of the baking tradition conducted by unmarried women in Britain and North America from the 1700s to the mid-1900s. This cake got its name from two popular beliefs. The first word was DOOM, meaning fate or destiny. According to another popular belief, the dumb cake got its name because the cake was baked silently.
There were many versions of this cake. A very strange fact related to this is that the girl making the cake had to remain silent during the whole process and later had to sleep with the cake. Yes, it sounds a bit strange to hear this.
Three women used to make
It is said that this cake was made by three unmarried girls. To make it, he made cake dough and before baking, he marked the cake with the initials of his name. After the cake was ready, these girls waited till midnight. It is believed that a spirit will come and tell the first letter of the name of the girl to be married. While making the cake something was said in the mind so that the tradition could be successful.
